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Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP 27" Widescreen LCD
Testing - Display
In testing the 2707WFP the first thing I noticed is that around the edges of the screen, there is a dark effect about three or four pixels high on all sides of the monitor. It is most noticeable in the corners. The viewing angles are ok; left to right you start to notice a lack of brightness quickly, but you don't really get any discoloration. Top to bottom however, it gets discolored around 60 off center, which is more than adequate for desktop use. I used the monitor for about three weeks, and was pleased with its performance in traditional desktop work. Text was clear and sharp, and I didn't have any problems with tearing or other weird effects in the 2D environment. Daily work included email, Word, Excel and web browsing. The odd color and tearing problems I had with my review copy of the Dell 2404WFP did not occur on the 2707WFP (nor did they occur on my own personal 2404WFP that I purchased about two months ago, so it looks like Dell cleared that problem up). I had no problems with ghosting or any other visual artifact issues. The backlight was uniform until you got to the edges. I was pleased with the brightness of the display. It is not as bright as the Gateway 24" LCD that I tested last month, but that monitor had other issues that made it difficult to recommend. Color reproduction was good; I could see some very slight banding when testing gradients in Photoshop, but I never noticed anything when using it through my weeks of desktop use. I was able to get 1:1 pixel mapping with my NVIDIA 7900GS card and the NVIDIA drivers. I had to change the resolution to 1600x1200 and then go into the NVIDIA control panel under Display > Change Flat Panel Scaling to "Do Not Scale" and the image resized itself from 1600x1200 stretched to 1600x1200 1:1 pixels. I watched three movies to test the picture quality. The first movie I watched was Serenity in HD-DVD (1080p), then The Fifth Element (SuperBit Edition) and finally Final Fantasy: Advent Children. The picture quality was good, the blacks were deeper than my 2005FPW and 2407WFP, and the dark scenes did a good job with slight color gradients. One example is the Forgotten City in Final Fantasy: Advent Children. Some monitors have a hard time displaying the clouds without breaking down into banding and poor color reproduction. The 2707WFP manages to do a good job with that scene and other dark scenes. Games played well. I didn't have any problems with artifacts or ghosting. I played Doom 3 and the game looked very good, the blacks and other darker colors were distinguishable. Flight Simulator X also looked good, with bright colors and good gradients with a small bit of noticeable banding, similar to what I saw in Photoshop. The display is a 16ms black-to-white panel and 6ms grey to grey, so some picky folks might have problems with ghosting. But for me, and I imagine most folks, ghosting isn't really noticeable.
Page 1: Introduction, First Looks
Page 2: Taking a Closer Look, Setup Page 3: Testing - Display Page 4: Testing - Features Page 5: Conclusion 
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